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"Ready Player Wand" is the fourteenth episode in Season 1 of Wizards Beyond Waverly Place. It premiered on January 24, 2025.
Plot[]
Billie’s excited for her first Family Game Night with the Russos, but when she chooses a wizard game, the entire family is transported into it.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Janice LeAnn Brown as Billie
- Alkaio Thiele as Roman Russo
- Max Matenko as Milo Russo
- Taylor Cora as Winter
- Mimi Gianopulos as Giada Russo
- David Henrie as Justin Russo
Guest Starring[]
- John DiMaggio as Technician
- Ivy Perkins as Automated Voice
Trivia[]
- The title is derived from the 2011 novel Ready Player One by Ernest Cline and the subsequent 2018 film adaptation of the same name.
- A Russo Family Game Night was previously depicted in Family Game Night.
- It's not clear what happened to the spider afterwards.
- Board games mentioned in the episode:
- "Scramble" was derivative of "Scrabble."
- "Licorice Land" was derivative of "Candy Land."
- "Battle Boats" was derivative of "Battleship."
- "Mystery Mansion" was based on "Clue."
- In this episode it was revealed that Roman Russo always has to win Russo Family Game Night and he has a Game Master robe because he calls himself "The Game Master."
- Marcus was mentioned in this episode.
- Giada mentions The Super Giuseppe Brothers Movie is a parody of The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
- In this episode it was revealed that Roman Russo is afraid of spiders.
- Ironic enough Alkaio Thiele who plays Roman Russo voices Peter Parker/Spiderman in the Disney Junior original series Spidey's Amazing Friends.
- The arachnid depicted within the episode appears to be an Argiope aurantia, more commonly known as a yellow garden spider.
- In this episode it was revealed that Milo Russo is 10 years old when Billie says "Yeah, right. What are we, ten?" Then Milo Russo replies "Some of us are" hinting that he is 10 years old.
- In this episode it was revealed that Giada Russo played a lot of Poker in college. She beat a lot of Frat boys which is why she has no Student Debt.
- In the magical scenario they were all transported into each player was a different character in the "Mystery Mansion" game.
- Billie as The Cheerleader
- Giada Russo as The Movie Star
- Justin Russo as The Wrestler
- Milo Russo as The Mad Scientist
- Roman Russo as The Adventurer
- Winter as The Detective
- PriceCo is a parody of Costco.
- PriceCo was also mentioned in another Disney Channel show, Saturdays, in the episode "Comb Back to Me".
- This could mean that Wizards Beyond Waverly Place and Saturdays are set in the same universe.
- Saturdays did a crossover with Raven's Home, a spin-off of That's So Raven, which did a crossover with The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, who's spin-off The Suite Life on Deck crossed over with Wizards of Waverly Place.
- This could mean that Wizards Beyond Waverly Place and Saturdays are set in the same universe.
- PriceCo was also mentioned in another Disney Channel show, Saturdays, in the episode "Comb Back to Me".